Tag: St. Louis Cardinals

Angels acquire Freese from Cardinals

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St. Louis, MO (SportsNetwork.com) – The St. Louis Cardinals have traded third baseman David Freese and pitcher Fernando Salas to the Angeles Angels in exchange for outfielders Peter Bourgos and Randal Grichuk. More details to follow.

Cardinals extend Matheny through 2017

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St. Louis, MO (SportsNetwork.com) – The St. Louis Cardinals revealed on Wednesday they have agreed to a three-year contract extension with manager Mike Matheny. “I’ve always taken the position that the best way to operate a franchise and maintain continuity […]

Cardinals to purchase Triple-A affiliate

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Memphis, TN (SportsNetwork.com) – The St. Louis Cardinals will purchase their Triple-A affiliate in Memphis to help the struggling minor league franchise. The Memphis Redbirds Baseball Foundation had been operating the club under a forbearance agreement since defaulting on a […]

Cards make Beltran qualifying offer

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St. Louis, MO (SportsNetwork.com) – Outfielder Carlos Beltran was the lone member of the St. Louis Cardinals’ pending group of free agents to receive a qualifying offer from the National League champions prior to Monday’s deadline. The move enables the […]

Cards decline Westbrook’s contract option

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St. Louis, MO (SportsNetwork.com) – The St. Louis Cardinals began to re-shap their rotation on Thursday, declining the 2014 contract option on pitcher Jake Westbrook. Westbrook, who missed time in August and early September and went on the DL with […]

Lester puts controversy to rest with Game 5 masterpiece

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(SportsNetwork.com) – Jon Lester went through the gamut following Game 1, first reveling in a scoreless World Series performance then having to answer questions about a strange substance found in his glove. Red Sox manager John Farrell attributed the unidentified […]

Rounding Third: Don’t plan that parade just yet Boston

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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – The Boston Red Sox are one win away from their third World Series title since 2004. Imagine saying that to someone 10 years ago when Aaron Boone was running around the bases at Yankee Stadium? But […]

Rounding Third: Yes, it’s been a great series, but …

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Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – This World Series has definitely been fun to watch, but being lost in all the drama is just how bad some of the decision making has been. Even before St. Louis’ Kolten Wong was picked off […]

Wong: ‘I knew I was dead’ in Game 4 blunder

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(SportsNetwork.com) – Kolten Wong felt his foot slip as he scrambled back to the bag. “I knew I was dead,” Wong said. The Cardinals rookie was on as a pinch-runner in the ninth inning Sunday night when he was picked […]

Joyce involved in another controversy

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(SportsNetwork.com) – On June 2, 2010, Jim Joyce was embroiled in a controversy. More than three years later, the veteran umpire was involved in another questionable ending to a high-profile game. Joyce’s obstruction call on Boston third baseman Will Middlebrooks […]